between 2500 B.C. and 2350 B.C.
onyx marble
17 mm diameter
Morgan Seal 117
Provenance:
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan sometime between 1885 and 1908.
Notes:
Lower part of cylinder broken off.
Summary:
Attendant behind one of two facing seated figures presumably drinking through tubes from vessel; third seated figure facing another attendant.
Place:
Southern Mesopotamia.
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